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La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo. The Journal of Fray Martín de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernández de Quirós to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan
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are grown for export. The sulphur deposits of Mount Suretamate on Vanua Lava were formerly worked by a French company. Tourism is increasingly important on the islands, which can be reached by airplane.
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is the largest and highest (411 m) of this eastern chain of islands; off its southern coast, attached by high corals that can be waded through at low tide, is the tiny islet of
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Between 25 and 29 April 1606, the Banks Islands became the first part of Vanuatu to be discovered by a European explorer: A Spanish expedition led by the Portuguese explorer
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To the east of these larger islands lie a number of smaller ones. The furthest north of them, 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Ureparapara, is
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explored Vanuatu in 1774, and believed he had seen the whole chain, but he did not see the Banks Islands. They were explored by
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that last erupted 3.5 million years ago. Other small islands in this eastern chain in the Banks Island group include the
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The inhabitants of the Banks Islands speak 15 different languages. Several are
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There are airports on Mota Lava, Vanua Lava and Gaua, served by
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to their northwest, they make up the northernmost province of
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Detailed list and map of the Banks and Torres languages
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Torres Islands
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